How about a thread showing a picture of yourself?

[Spudman]

Can you spot me? From the half-marathon start a couple of weeks ago.

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_74a1b0ba3ddb37.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1109)

You too - hippie. Time for a haircut...and put some band aids on those nipples.

[Brian Krashpad]

You too - hippie. Time for a haircut...and put some band aids on those nipples.

Band aids are for posers.

Electrical tape all the way, or go home.

:D

[Spudman]

Band aids are for posers.

Electrical tape all the way, or go home.

:D

I thought electrical tape was just for speeds over 20 mph?

[Brian Krashpad]

I thought electrical tape was just for speeds over 20 mph?

Naw, I use electrical tape onstage all the time.

;)

[60's guy]

Here's a photo of me taken in 2006 at musical Jamfest gathering in Connecticut.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/60sguy/Jamfest6.jpg

[sunvalleylaw]

Band aids are for posers.

Electrical tape all the way, or go home.

:D

Electrical tape is ok, but in this stormy mountain climate, I prefer duct tape. Duct tape fixes all. :rockon:

[Brian Krashpad]

Electrical tape is ok, but in this stormy mountain climate, I prefer duct tape. Duct tape fixes all. :rockon:

If the women don't find ya handsome, at least they'll find ya handy!

[Jimi75]

Like father like son...that's my boy, long hair, likes good rocking music plus he wants to play the drums (already bought a drumset for his upcoming birthday)

:AOK: (favourite smiley)

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/922/einschulunglouis001.jpg

[ibanezjunkie]

http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss93/LeadGuitar2009/P170409_2137.jpg

this is me and Emma. im on the right hand side...if you couldnt tell.

sorry for bad quality...was about half 10 at night on a mobile phone...

[Spudman]

That picture freaks me out! :messedup:

[ibanezjunkie]

i really should get a camera...then i can stop using my mobile phone for taking pictures...its only 3,000,000 lousy pixels.

[sunvalleylaw]

Handsome son there Jimi! And nice to see you IJ! I like the pic even if it is just a cell phone pic. :AOK: :AOK:

[ibanezjunkie]

you can see the top corner of the Marshall Amplification graphic on my shirt....

[markb]

Me (right) with strat. Waikanae, December '08

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3549982769_631eb77321.jpg

[Gutmann]

This is me, playing at a local festival:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_NHrKcz_FQRE/SiD5UQhb57I/AAAAAAAAALU/TjTVlT0nyJ4/s800/P1030457.JPG

And this one is for you, markb:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NHrKcz_FQRE/SiD5jeP5qqI/AAAAAAAAALY/BqaAXWpvtsE/s800/DSCF2148.JPG

New Zealand - cool!!!

[just strum]

This is me, playing at a local festival:


I thought you were going to say that the second pic was of the audience at the festival.

Just kidding - nice pics.

[oldguy]

I thought you were going to say that the second pic was of the audience at the festival.


:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

(Nice pictures, Gutmann).:AOK:

[Gutmann]

I thought you were going to say that the second pic was of the audience at the festival.

Just kidding - nice pics.

:D I wouldn't mind, playing in the central crater of Mt. Tongariro:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_NHrKcz_FQRE/SiFGznm12nI/AAAAAAAAAL8/Z7Xi7nzJox0/s800/DSCF2187.JPG
That would be as cool as the Pink Floyd live at pompeii:rockon:

But, there was not really much more audience:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_NHrKcz_FQRE/SiFF_W3S4TI/AAAAAAAAALg/fMM8JT-_23c/s800/P1030544.JPG

Here one more pic from all of us:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_NHrKcz_FQRE/SiFF3Lxo1HI/AAAAAAAAALc/-SCy0B6ZPgY/s800/P1030426.JPG

[wingsdad]

Nice ASAT, Gutman :AOK:

[Gutmann]

Nice ASAT, Gutman :AOK:

:beer: one need to have a G&L, right?:AOK:

[markb]

You wouldn't have liked playing in the crater of Tongariro when I went across the plateau on Friday, Guttman. Deep snow on the lower slopes and near freezing temperatures at the Desert Road level.

[Brian Krashpad]

My wife just posted this'un on her Facebook page, I'd forgotten it existed in digital format; yo y mis Krashpaditos:

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs186.snc1/6220_1201955128947_1230650648_584648_3092997_n.jpg

Bump for more pics!

:dude:

[pes_laul]

My wife just posted this'un on her Facebook page, I'd forgotten it existed in digital format; yo y mis Krashpaditos:

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs186.snc1/6220_1201955128947_1230650648_584648_3092997_n.jpg

Bump for more pics!

:dude:
haha even in cars you have your guitar face:dude:

[pes_laul]

This is me, playing at a local festival:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_NHrKcz_FQRE/SiD5UQhb57I/AAAAAAAAALU/TjTVlT0nyJ4/s800/P1030457.JPG

And this one is for you, markb:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NHrKcz_FQRE/SiD5jeP5qqI/AAAAAAAAALY/BqaAXWpvtsE/s800/DSCF2148.JPG

New Zealand - cool!!!
Hey Gutmann just curious but what is that red stompbox on the keyboard? is it part of his rig?

[Brian Krashpad]

haha even in cars you have your guitar face:dude:

Even not in cars!

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs186.snc1/6220_1199811955369_1230650648_575254_5735385_n.jpg

[pes_laul]

Even not in cars!

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs186.snc1/6220_1199811955369_1230650648_575254_5735385_n.jpg
haha it looks like everyones a bit annoyed looking except for the kid on the left.

great picture

[ibanezjunkie]

nice glasses, Krashpad =]

very, very Beverly Hills Cop =]

[Brian Krashpad]

haha it looks like everyones a bit annoyed looking except for the kid on the left.

great picture

Thanks. The smiling kid is my son Jack. The bored ones are my daughter Hannah and Jack's friend. They were all pretty tired, we'd just come back from a long walk out onto Paynes' Prairie, a large wetland area south of Gainesville that had once been a lake. We saw a ton of gators, and a few bison and some sandhill cranes.


nice glasses, Krashpad =]

very, very Beverly Hills Cop =]

Haha, thanks. I had broken my prescription ones I put clip-ons on, and had bought those to cannibalize a stem from, but I couldn't get the dang thing apart. So I just ended up wearing them that day. It was really bright out on the prairie.

[Gutmann]

Hey Gutmann just curious but what is that red stompbox on the keyboard? is it part of his rig?

That's the Boss RC2 - I think he used it to play some samples.

Good to see this thread again, found a cool pic from a gig in Prague:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_NHrKcz_FQRE/SlTu35aCjZI/AAAAAAAAAPc/RYqwoucCUkk/s800/P1040012.JPG

[just strum]

Brian,

Your daughter looks to be about the same age as mine - same look on her face, headphones (only to be replaced by cell phone when she is not text messaging).

Good looking family, who is the international spy with the kids?:D

[Brian Krashpad]

Brian,

Your daughter looks to be about the same age as mine - same look on her face, headphones (only to be replaced by cell phone when she is not text messaging).

Good looking family, who is the international spy with the kids?:D

Haha, the funny thing is, I just noticed I'm wearing the same shirt in both pics. It's my "guitars" shirt. I bought it off ebay for like $12 new. Immediately faded like a mofo when I washed it.

I still wear it though.

[Algonquin]

'Bump' to keep this thread going... :D

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/7214a563239873f3.jpg

[R_of_G]

haven't posted in here for awhile...

this one was taken this past weekend at a hands-on kids museum near my parent's house. ella seems to really enjoy drums which couldn't make me happier.

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm26/J_K_19/IMG_3486.jpg

[sunvalleylaw]

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/Bend.jpgHere is one from my birthday last year when I was in Sumi's neighborhood. I am second from the left in the back, with the brown shoulders on the jersey. If we were holding instruments, it would look like an old album cover.


Here is my daughter and I as well, on the way our for Halloween. My oldest son is the scary one in the background.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/Photo100-1.jpg

[ibanezjunkie]

woo strum, nice blackheart =]

what cab is that?

[pes_laul]

Seldom do I post a pic of myself (for reasons that will become clear)

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/auroraohio/038.jpg
wow strum you look differnet than I always picture you in my head.

boy was I wrong.....http://www.grimmemennesker.dk/data/media/1/8_ugly_people.jpg) :rotflmao:

[FrankenFretter]

This was taken Halloween evening, last year.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_NPlyZiLy0Pw/ScuCNWBl_tI/AAAAAAAAADk/Y4FuiuKiHGc/s400/100_1759.JPG

[SuperSwede]

Seldom do I post a pic of myself (for reasons that will become clear)


Scared of cameras?

[just strum]

woo strum, nice blackheart =]

what cab is that?

Actually, that is a small 4 drawer dresser the bh is sitting on. Next to it is an AD30VT that I added an in/out connection on the side. I run the bh to the "in" and use it as a cab. When I want to use the AD30VT, I connect a jumper cable to the in/out and use it as it was designed.

I installed a rajun cajun speaker and it works out real well.


Scared of cameras?

Always avoided pictures. I seldom allowed my picture to be taken. I will have to find the pic of me when I was a gang banger (American term for hardcore street gang member).

[duhvoodooman]

I really need to stop picking my nose while driving. A guy stopped short in front of me this morning, and the next thing I know....

http://www.grimmemennesker.dk/data/media/1/17img.jpg

(Thanks for that site link, Pes! Some funny stuff on there....)

[just strum]

I really need to stop picking my nose while driving. A guy stopped short in front of me this morning, and the next thing I know....



Wow, exactly how I pictured you.

[phoenix_p0]

Why not join in, eh? Been a while since anyone uploaded a pic of themselves...

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v173/53/9/572465423/n572465423_1925769_8356.jpg

And one of me with hair short... I'm currently in between at the moment - on the way to long again - just a few more months...

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v184/53/9/572465423/n572465423_1979301_3988.jpg

[just strum]

Here's another. I deleted the previous one, but Pes quoted and there is no getting rid of it.

My Avatar.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/auroraohio/006-4.jpg

[Blaze]

How about your best grimace

here s mine



http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/10/31/1555652/Bouffon%20capillaire%20010a.jpg

[ZMAN]

How about a holdiay picture. Marco Island 2009.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a392/Stewz/09Marco-BRi.jpg
Not bad for 62,

[just strum]

Blaze, you look a little like a cross between Dana Carvey and Jesse James (the biker, not the cowboy).

[just strum]

Not bad for 62,

See signs of 6 pack abs - okay, maybe down to a 5 to 5.5.

You look great for 62, hell you look great if you were 50.

Must be the cost of Camero's not allowing for beer money.

[ZMAN]

No JS that was years in the Gym. The hockey twice a week sweats out the beer. I have always been involved in athletics, and I try not to get too far out of shape. But it gets harder and harder!

[hubberjub]

How about your best grimace

here s mine


Here's mine.
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/103/l_23588b8d099c2255d919596d87ab6b5b.jpg

[jpfeifer]

Hi I realize that I'm way late to this thread (as usual :-) but here is a picture of myself taken at a recent gig. I just started playing in this band that does a combination of surf music, oldies from the 50s-60s, and whole Beach Boys show. We all have to sing lots of harmonies in the group so it's challenge just remembering all of the various singing parts for each tune. The guitar playing has been a blast, learning some of the old Ventures tunes, cranking up the reverb, etc. It's a lot of fun so far and the other guys in the band are really great players.

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/524b00d8ed5e005.jpg

[sunvalleylaw]

Here is my best grimace for the night, all warhol'ed out:

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/Photo408.jpg

[deeaa]

I thinks I've posted several. Here's a few:
http://deeaa.pp.fi/images/aaa.jpg
http://deeaa.pp.fi/images/bbb.jpg
http://deeaa.pp.fi/images/ccc.jpg

[jgnov99]

Here's one of my favorite moments. We had the pleasure of opening for Coco Taylor some years ago and when we got to meet her afterwards she was as friendly and gracious as you could ever imagine. What a sweet and charming lady. BTW that's me in the hat.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l186/jgnov99/art/IMG_0002.jpg

[oldguy]

I'm in here somewheres............:thwap

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_1154b2add7e6fbfa.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1406)http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_1154b2add7e9153e.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1407)http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_1154b2adeeee14fd.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1411)http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_1154b2add7ea9056.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1408)http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_1154b2adeef6f722.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1412)http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_1154b2add7ec0f60.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1409)

[Spudman]

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/1154b2add7ec0f60.jpg
I like this one. What do I win?

[oldguy]

You win the George M. Willing "Idahoax", aka "I got my 'eyes' on you", award!:happy
Very potato oriented, and quite prestigious in some circles.

[sunvalleylaw]

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/slipnslide.jpg

Here is a more recent one.

[oldguy]

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/slipnslide.jpg

Here is a more recent one.

Wow, I figured you guy's to have snow by now....

[sunvalleylaw]

Yeah, I said "more" recent. That was in July, and was during our annual trip to Washington state.

[oldguy]

Yeah, I said "more" recent. That was in July, and was during our annual trip to Washington state.

I figured as much, Steve. Looks like it was fun. Time gets away from us, doesn't it?

Here's a couple from the week before Christmas. I don't think I've mentioned it here, but my left hand/fingers had mild to moderate nerve damage, and felt numb 24/7. Physical therapy + chiropractic wasn't helping. My playing was suffering (bad)....... After 6 mos. of treatment and no improvement, I had cubital tunnel release surgery.




http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_1154b41f9ae48ec8.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1442)

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_1154b41f9aef0c01.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1444)

[sumitomo]

OUCH! Oldguy that looks like it hurt bad.But it is just awesome at the way they are able to improve lifestyles and reduce pain with these types of operations.Sumi:D

[oldguy]

OUCH! Oldguy that looks like it hurt bad.But it is just awesome at the way they are able to improve lifestyles and reduce pain with these types of operations.Sumi:D

Looks worse than it actually was, Sumi. Plus the arm was wrapped for 9 days so it wrinkled and felt weird. Got the staples out now, went back for a checkup, Doc said A-OK, now get back to playing the guitar. I've got some feeling back in the hand, so that's a good thing.

[Brian Krashpad]

Ouch anyhow!

Mojo and prayers for continued healing, mang.

[sunvalleylaw]

Glad it apparently went well OG! Were those latest vids recorded pre-surgery? Looking forward to you getting back on it and inspiring us with more of that good stuff!

[oldguy]

Thanks, guys. Yeah, Steve, those videos were done the week before.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't worry about how things would turn out, but I had a good surgeon, several tests to be sure it was necessary, and I followed doctor's orders to the letter. Phew!
Plus the doctors (more than one) said the condition was almost certain to get worse w/o surgery, but with a good chance of some improvement if I had the operation and didn't wait too long.

[MichaelE]

Somewhere over Deutschland in a Boeing 727...

Guitars are in checked baggage...

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/boeing722/My7270001.jpg

[Spudman]

Somewhere over Deutschland in a Boeing 727...

Guitars are in checked baggage...



Are you taking the photo? Who's flying the plane?? Yikes! :eek:

[Brian Krashpad]

Are you taking the photo? Who's flying the plane?? Yikes! :eek:

The pilot had the fish dinner.

http://mentalfloss.cachefly.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/airplane-762729.jpg

:D

[MichaelE]

Actually, from my second past time when I'm not playing the guitar.


http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/boeing722/WideviewEDDF0001.jpg

[guitarhack]

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_107574b43943768068.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1447)

On the job

[kidsmoke]

well, I'm a rookie, but I'll go out on a limb(or a rock ledge, as the case may be...)
my two favorite things to do (preferably involving my kids)

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/n728818223_628905_3798.jpg


http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/5408_112756568223_728818223_2406302.jpg

[lespaulgb]

Here's me and Les Paul Junior......

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt61/lespaulgb/img023.jpg

....and my Les Paul......

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt61/lespaulgb/Image0159.jpg

[Brian Krashpad]

Here's me and Les Paul Junior......

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt61/lespaulgb/img023.jpg



You may've hit the wrong button or something-- no LP Junior, unless that is what someone's named a little girl.

Or was that a visual joke?

[Spudman]

You may've hit the wrong button or something-- no LP Junior, unless that is what someone's named a little girl.

Or was that a visual joke?

Looks like his strap is too short too.:D

[lespaulgb]

You may've hit the wrong button or something-- no LP Junior, unless that is what someone's named a little girl.

Or was that a visual joke?


:D Les Paul Junior is the cute one that I'm cuddling and is actually called Jessica. Apologies as I've grown used to calling her LP Junior online ( my other half is known online as Mrs LP ;) ).

[Brian Krashpad]

:D Les Paul Junior is the cute one that I'm cuddling and is actually called Jessica. Apologies as I've grown used to calling her LP Junior online ( my other half is known online as Mrs LP ;) ).

Haha, no worries, I thought that might be the case, but sometimes it's hard to pick up on stuff like that online.

Is she interested in your guitars?

My daughter is 16 and now plays bass with me every Sunday in church. With only a little help from me, she basically taught herself to play my basses and now has one of her own.

Still a little early for my 12-y.o. son though, says he wants to learn guitar but not mature enough to be self-motivated yet.

[BigBadWolf1171]

http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz84/bigbadwolf1171/th_Untitled.jpg (http://s816.photobucket.com/albums/zz84/bigbadwolf1171/?action=view&current=Untitled.jpg)

heres me , ill be the big 39 this year :nope

[lespaulgb]

Yeah I guess she's interested....

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt61/lespaulgb/003.jpg

:D

She's a little young yet to really learn but I'm hopeful.

[Brian Krashpad]

Haha, outstanding.

I've found that encouraging but not pressuring is the way to go. It's a bit frustrating for me with my son since I know he could be learning if he were more motivated, but he has to learn to be self-motivated for it to work.

My Hannah got her own bass for her 16th birthday, and has a loaner bass amp in her room. Jack has been promised his choice of a couple of my cheapies if and when he learns, and has one of them and a loaner amp in his room too.

[Tig]

ok....here i am a couple of years ago with les paul....i look about the same except my goatee is much longer....

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/354730f4df2bbaf.jpg

ww

I've never gone through this thread until now...
Warren, that is a priceless photo of you and The Man! :AOK

[sunvalleylaw]

My avatar.


Boy, currently you have very googley eyes! :poke

[mainestratman]

I rather like this one.. from the benefit I helped out with a few weeks ago..

http://jonnyblues.com/img/vv-benefit.jpg

[Brian Krashpad]

I rather like this one.. from the benefit I helped out with a few weeks ago..

http://jonnyblues.com/img/vv-benefit.jpg

Great pic!

But that's no Strat. In fact, have I ever seen mainestratman playing a Strat?

Just sayin'.

:AOK

[Spudman]

Boy, currently you have very googley eyes! :poke

This might have been up when I posted that.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/srspud/People/promo.jpg

[mainestratman]

@Krash.. probably not.. let me dig around my computer and see if I can find some of my strat pix..

[mainestratman]

Okay Krash-man.. you asked for 'em.. I, of course, have a ton more, but these are the ones I could immediately get my hands on..

http://jonnyblues.com/galleries/gal/Performing/benefit01.jpg
http://jonnyblues.com/galleries/gal/Performing/benefit03.jpg
http://jonnyblues.com/galleries/gal/Performing/benefit_8445.jpg
http://jonnyblues.com/galleries/gal/Performing/benefit8478.jpg
http://jonnyblues.com/galleries/gal/Performing/dscf1533.jpg
http://jonnyblues.com/galleries/gal/Performing/dscf1567.jpg
http://jonnyblues.com/galleries/gal/Performing/DSCF1641.JPG

[Brian Krashpad]

Outstanding. Glad to see it's S-S-S.

;)

Thanks.

[mainestratman]

Yup. If I have a Strat, it's sure as hell gonna sound like one. :-)

I do miss my Deluxe.. with the lace sensor pups on it... Red, silver, blue. That think sounded incredible.

[Tig]

:eek: Just in case anyone is wondering how fugly I am!

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/92254c0926a4a19b4.jpg

[Robert]

Nice shirt!!!

[Eric]

I was actually just wondering the other day if there was a picture of you on here anywhere.

[Spudman]

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/92254c0926a4a19b4.jpg

Maybe you are ugly but still you could have a Hollywood career...maybe. Close enough?

http://www.palzoo.net/file/pic/user/Mark-Wahlberg.jpg

[Tig]

Maybe you are ugly but still you could have a Hollywood career...maybe. Close enough?

http://www.palzoo.net/file/pic/user/Mark-Wahlberg.jpg

I could try for his stand in or stunt double from a loooong distance away!

[Tig]

Nice shirt!!!

Well, you did request a pic of the shirt, but you got more than you bargained for! :poke

I used to have veins that would give yours a run for their money. Now, I'm a little warmer in winter!

[Brian Krashpad]

Fugly? You look fine to me.

And wot Robert said about the shirt.

[Eric]

Fugly? You look fine to me.
Srsly. I hope that fugly/ugly talk was all sarcasm, otherwise I've got some rethinking to do.

[Tig]

Srsly. I hope that fugly/ugly talk was all sarcasm, otherwise I've got some rethinking to do.

Ah, that's just me adjusting to my aging process. Lap 47 around the Sun is a few weeks away, and I'm finally starting to feel and look my age. You can cheat it for only so long! If I can get my arse back in shape a little, I'll be fine.

[Spudman]

You can cheat it for only so long! If I can get my arse back in shape a little, I'll be fine.

Mileage son. You need more miles. That's the fountain of youth.

Still, you look better than 90% of the 47 year olds I've seen lately. Much better - and thinner.

[FrankenFretter]

Ah, that's just me adjusting to my aging process. Lap 47 around the Sun is a few weeks away, and I'm finally starting to feel and look my age. You can cheat it for only so long! If I can get my arse back in shape a little, I'll be fine.

Yeah, Doug, I hear ya on that one. I just turned 45 a couple months ago, and the vintage years are beginning. I think my Portrait of Dorian Grey years are coming to an end. That said, I agree that you don't look 47.

Good to finally put a face to the name!

[sunvalleylaw]

I am in there with you guys. Turned 47 last year, and 48 is around the corner. Still, re-dedicating to good training, and getting out on the bike using 40 something standards and not 20 something standards has been good. Tig, you would fit right in with my bike group. Wish you (or anyone else that wanted to) could swing by and join us on a ride. BTW, Tig for tig welded, or for your bouncy qualities and springy tail?

[FrankenFretter]

I am in there with you guys. Turned 47 last year, and 48 is around the corner. Still, re-dedicating to good training, and getting out on the bike using 40 something standards and not 20 something standards has been good. Tig, you would fit right in with my bike group. Wish you (or anyone else that wanted to) could swing by and join us on a ride. BTW, Tig for tig welded, or for your bouncy qualities and springy tail?

I could definitely benefit from getting back on my bike. I haven't even aired up the tires in almost a year. Of course, I don't do much road riding. It's mostly off-road for me. Or was.

I should at least get some rollers, and workout in the garage until I'm in good enough shape to not embarrass myself in public.

[sunvalleylaw]

Nah, just ride. Who cares what anyone thinks. I mostly mountain bike myself too. Spud is more the roadie.

[Tig]

I am in there with you guys. Turned 47 last year, and 48 is around the corner. Still, re-dedicating to good training, and getting out on the bike using 40 something standards and not 20 something standards has been good. Tig, you would fit right in with my bike group. Wish you (or anyone else that wanted to) could swing by and join us on a ride. BTW, Tig for tig welded, or for your bouncy qualities and springy tail?

"Tig" was a name from some chat site long ago. More the bouncy tail kind.

Some of the 40-50 somethings I ride with are scary fast! One guy is pushing 60, and he still keeps up with the 20 cat 1-2 guys. Good genetics, I guess. He was the jr champion of England and won the Milk Race back in his day.

Me, I'm a sprinter in a climber's body! A race with a short, steep hill finish was the prime hunting grounds for me. Think Paulo Bettini, but with half the ability! The last 3 years of XC racing, I raced only in the open single sport class. The 20 somethings would hand me a terrible thrashing! I'm a glutton for punishment.
:crazyguy :nope

[Tig]

Yeah, Doug, I hear ya on that one. I just turned 45 a couple months ago, and the vintage years are beginning. I think my Portrait of Dorian Grey years are coming to an end. That said, I agree that you don't look 47.

Good to finally put a face to the name!

I remember the year of turning 43. It was a sudden and unexpected drop...
like when you leaning back in a chair and you suddenly feel it tip backwards a moment before regaining balance!

Now, I kick myself when I forget to bring reading glasses to read a restaurant menu! But, the alternative to aging isn't so pleasant, so I should HTFU and keep on keepin' on. :pancake

Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!

[gregsguitars]

For better or for worse.....

[dirtyroger]

I'm new here just though i'd say hello and share a picture of my favourite guitar my Gretsch 5120!

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/1795/rogerl.jpg

I've just started a new guitar blog as i'm wanting to learn about repairing guitars and will be blogging my progress!

I will probably be hanging around hear asking alot of questions :dude

[Tig]

Welcome to The Fret, dirtyroger.
Nice Gretsch!

Be sure to tell us more about your music, influences, and gear, etc., here in The Fret Players section (http://www.thefret.net/forumdisplay.php?f=13). I like your band, BTY!

[deeaa]

Welcome! Plenty of tips & tips available here, and we're keen to learn new ones as well!

[Brian Krashpad]

Purty guitar, Roj! I like the fro-hawk too. :dude

Those Electromatics are great affordable instruments, I have a Special Jet from that same line.

[Tig]

Purty guitar, Roj! I like the fro-hawk too. :dude

Those Electromatics are great affordable instruments, I have a Special Jet from that same line.

Brian, check out his band at http://thedirtyroger.bandcamp.com/. They have some cool, gutsy songs posted that you might get a kick out of.

[Perfect Stranger]

I guess this is me....least my wife says it is. I remember
a much younger person. Where did he go?

http://i56.tinypic.com/2ztc47o.jpg

:rockon

[Brian Krashpad]

I guess this is me....least my wife says it is. I remember
a much younger person. Where did he go?

http://i56.tinypic.com/2ztc47o.jpg

:rockon

To quote Mojo Nixon, "He's in there tryin' to get out man, tryin' to get out!"

I'm the same way.

[sunvalleylaw]

To quote Mojo Nixon, "He's in there tryin' to get out man, tryin' to get out!"

I'm the same way.

PS, you look great. Brian, that cracks me up. I saw Mojey Wogey and Skid live once back at the end of the '80s or in the first of the '90's in Seattle. Used to love that stuff! I guess I still do. I always play his Christmas disc during the season, though not around the kids.

This was my favorite, which came out while I was in law school, and idealistic and all that stuff. In today's world of many folks having to give UA's to keep a job or to play high school sports, it seems almost naive.

T-TB-qTaXSM&feature=artist

P.S. I still have this on its original vinyl. In good shape too.

[Brian Krashpad]

Haha, "evil peckerheads" indeed!

That reminds me of the Crash Pad song "Labor Day," which has the refrain "Don't piss on me and tell me that it's rainin'!"

My brother-in-law down in Ft. Myers, the economics perfesser, is a big Mojo & Skid fan. I think I first heard them when we stayed for a weekend with him and my sister out on St. Joseph up in the Panhandle, back in the day.

[Eric]

IIRC, I still haven't posted a picture in here. This one's from earlier this summer:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_Y7wRWf2Q3MI/TZiyQgnyPVI/AAAAAAAAAg0/NrTsHEC_-t4/s640/camping%20cooking.jpg

My wife is very excited about the grits I'm cooking.

[Brian Krashpad]

Hey, you gots hair!

[Tig]

At my gear
http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/92254cae3b36298f4.jpg

[ibanezjunkie]

already got the freaky phone pic in here someplace, was playing with mac's webcam just 'cause i can like...

i look weird but i think i captured my gf's cuteness quite well

http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss93/LeadGuitar2009/Photoon2010-10-02at13082.jpg

[hubberjub]

I think I've already posted a pic in this thread but here's a recent one (with my freaky faux fro). This was at a music festival in upstate NY. By the way, that's not a Moxie. That's my favorite festival (canned) beer, Butternut Pork Slap (www.butternutsbeerandale.com).
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs055.snc4/35124_418692454509_236574639509_4476561_1573312_n. jpg

[oldguy]

IIRC, I still haven't posted a picture in here. This one's from earlier this summer:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Y7wRWf2Q3MI/TK4iP28cCxI/AAAAAAAAAMw/BdA-zA5AU4M/camping%20cooking.jpg

My wife is very excited about the grits I'm cooking.

Eric, (don't take this the wrong way), but that pic and those in your haircut thread are waaay cooler, IMO, than your avatar. They actually remind me of a neighbor's son about your age I used to have named......... Eric!
Cool pic, glad you posted it.:thumbsup

[marnold]

Here's a picture of me from this summer, doing some nasal maintenance on our first president. Just to show you how juvenile I am, I giggled about that for a solid hour afterwards. Maybe longer.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_OT7l0dXu4To/TFdAUd1nd_I/AAAAAAAAAtM/DNSusP_268o/s800/IMG_0446.JPG

And me representin' my natal state, just outside Mt. Rushmore:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_OT7l0dXu4To/TFdBAALYmjI/AAAAAAAAAto/ZWr-susYh4w/s800/IMG_0450.JPG

[Eric]

Eric, (don't take this the wrong way), but that pic and those in your haircut thread are waaay cooler, IMO, than your avatar. They actually remind me of a neighbor's son about your age I used to have named......... Eric!
Cool pic, glad you posted it.:thumbsup
Thanks!

[Tig]

Here's a picture of me from this summer, doing some nasal maintenance on our first president. Just to show you how juvenile I am, I giggled about that for a solid hour afterwards. Maybe longer.

:laughingatyou
I could definitely see hangin' out with you, Rev! We'd probably drive our families nuts!

[player]

Originally Posted by Brian Krashpad


Those Electromatics are great affordable instruments, I have a Special Jet from that same line. know a chicks B/F that just bought a 5120 Jet too w/Electro's

[kidsmoke]

At my gear
http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/92254cae3b36298f4.jpg


:drool

Dig That Reverend. Maybe I wasn't around when you picked it up and went on about it. Is there a link to a thread where you share? Love to hear the details.

[Tig]

Dig That Reverend. Maybe I wasn't around when you picked it up and went on about it. Is there a link to a thread where you share? Love to hear the details.

I can't find any threads from back then. Let's just say the quality of this Reverend is really up there. The neck shape, frets, hardware, electronics... all much better than the price range usually carries. It is very easy to play.

It plays better than any guitar I've ever owned. The classic wound P-90's are hot and full of roar when you need them, or clear and jazzy when rolled back. The bass contour pot is a big part of that range. Rolled on, the guitar starts to have a humbucker edge to it. It makes the guitar get mean. Roll off the bass contour and she sings like an angel. You still have a standard tone pot, which tapers nicely without affecting the volume.

The only nit's would be the single coil hum (part of the character, too), the body size is a bit big (I like Unknown Hinson's artist model's smaller size), and the uncarved flatness of the body. Otherwise, it is a pure magical instrument.

[NWBasser]

Oh, here's an older one of me playing a small dive bar.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f156/NWBasser_photos/Damans013.jpg

My old Lakland which has been roundabout replaced by my current jazz dlx.

[Robson-Hank]

Here's a picture of me. This was took recently at an open mic at a little place called "Butterknowle" in the North East of England :)

http://i51.tinypic.com/2z88bp5.jpg

[Brian Krashpad]

That's a cool pic, R-H! Good to see some young blood in here.

Here's a pic of me from a performance a bit over a week ago:

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/221873_166831943374324_120443414679844_396760_6883 875_n.jpg

[Teleman77]

Here's an updated photo or two............

A show with Easton Corbin....

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1590413001368&set=a.1455377105555.2062445.1267160766&type=1&theater

With Cactus Hill.........my local band

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1609934491919&set=t.1267160766&type=1&theater

[ibanezjunkie]

well, i dare say my mug has changed a fair bit since my last post in here, and you can see my girlfriend here too. We were fishing at a place called Henlow Bridge Lakes, nice place.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/205779_102417453178989_100002322035273_18361_26587 4_n.jpg

and just for a laugh, the best fish of the day

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/205658_102416356512432_100002322035273_18340_31376 57_n.jpg

[Brian Krashpad]

Just found this pic on facebook that someone took at the benefit show Cinnamon Hill did last month. Not too many pics of me playing acoustic around! That's my beater Yammy 12-er. I love that guitar's tone!

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3ijqYgZQUMvxTnq6fAWQNJlEe18ePj vuobX2GFxeltqmXU6B0

[sunvalleylaw]

Violent Femmes from the Yammy?

[Brian Krashpad]

Violent Femmes from the Yammy?

Haha, I do know "Blister In the Sun" and made the mistake of playing that little bass run intro at a gig once, between songs. Everyone wanted the rest of the song, but at the time I hadn't learned it! From that reaction, it'd go over well if we did do it.

[sunvalleylaw]

It would. I happen to know it would.

[Photomike666]

I just got here, but thought I'd chuck a couple of pics up...

Way back as a teen drummer
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9149/crazydrumer2.jpg

Me with Bruce Dickinson (when I owned Ftang Online)
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4214/mebruce.jpg

Interclub Bmx Champions with my eldest son
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3956/bmxt.jpg

On the Track Bike
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4773/cbr600track.jpg

I'll try and get a recent pic with my guitar soon...

[otaypanky]

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w49/otaypanky/d624f7aa.jpg

[Spudman]

Too many chemicals? :D

[Duffy]

This is a picture my son took a couple weeks ago. He is a graphic artist and did the graphic designing to make the picture look real old and toned like it is. I found it on his business website, "Kingdom Come Photography & Design". It touches my heart that my son would do something so expressive of me like this.

I'm playing my Ibanez AF125 Custom hollow body, a real nice guitar:

http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy330/1Duffy1/11-16%20-%202011/294270_271815439509381_160001830690743_997655_1627 460963_n_zps5a37bc43.jpg (http://s804.photobucket.com/user/1Duffy1/media/11-16%20-%202011/294270_271815439509381_160001830690743_997655_1627 460963_n_zps5a37bc43.jpg.html)

[FrankenFretter]

I just got here, but thought I'd chuck a couple of pics up...

Way back as a teen drummer


Me with Bruce Dickinson (when I owned Ftang Online)
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4214/mebruce.jpg

Interclub Bmx Champions with my eldest son


On the Track Bike


I'll try and get a recent pic with my guitar soon...

A very young Bruce. Up the irons! Very cool.

[otaypanky]

Very cool picture Duffy
That should be on the Ibanez website

[Duffy]

I called my son today, he's living in Harrisburg working at The Gingerbread Man, and told him he did a beautiful job with that picture. He appreciated that feedback. If you go there, look him up. His name is Clint. He's a waiter there. He told me today he may be getting back into a band. He's very musically talented and a great singer. He took piano lessons from when he was seven up until he was about sixteen. He is good on the keyboards but plays bass as his specialty. I gave him my old MIJ Fender Standard J Bass, a now aged white one - kind of yellow now. It is about a 1988 model. I also bought him a new SWR Workingpro 15 amp a few years ago and that is one awesome bass combo amp. He recently gave me back my old Peavey about 1988 TNT 150 with the Black Widow speaker. I haven't plugged it in yet - I'm afraid to. They used it for everything, vocals, etc. If it still works good it will be my best bass amp. Right now I'm using my Fender Rumble 100 that I bought after I gave him my good stuff. I also picked up a new red Affinity J bass and had Fender Vintage Noiseless J bass pickups installed professionally in it with a treble bleed circuit. Although it is a Squier Affinity, it is a really good sounding and playing bass. I have a Schecter five string stilleto elite, though, that sounds super great. It's got an active preamp and I have come to love that bass "B" string's tones. I have a cool Ibanez SR500 four string that is really awesome and ergonomic that I am going to put flats on. It is cool now but the elixer strings are rippingly bright, which can be fun, but I want to go for the more mellow vibe.

Thanks for the compliment on the picture; more for my son than out of vanity. He did a definitely good job and I feel honored. He does cd cover art as well, some of which is realy awesome. You might want to check out his facebook site - Clinton Bolduc, and look for the link to his Kingdom Come Photography & Design link. He has some of his graphic design and cd art work there.

[Tig]

A Mayan stole my face hair!
("Sons of Anarchy" reference)

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVgGHpO1ql8RpK9OFpQKf640D1rsGY4 rvewcaF6q0idUPt8yEfBFRhzrTUhttp://farm9.staticflickr.com/8489/8262562160_1122b15b49_m.jpg

[Robert]

Tig, you look bad azz! :)

[Tig]

That's what lack of exercise and wearing Hispanic biker face hair will get you.
:rollover

[Facejackets]

On stage at the House of Blues Las Vegas


http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/04/23/e2era6an.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/04/23/8ehe7eza.jpg

[player]

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/238472fbda1cfe89.jpg

Me and my daughter at the beach this spring.Too bad it didn't show up But going by other comments she sounds like a winner as does dad. :D

[Brian Krashpad]

Gettin' some air at last night's show. Not bad for a decrepit old geezer! :dude

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1011392_10151685655163879_2110997777_n.jpg

[stingx]

Gettin' some air at last night's show. Not bad for a decrepit old geezer! :dude

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1011392_10151685655163879_2110997777_n.jpg

Hah! How many times do you go for air time during your sets, Brian? Do you try for some height every song?

[R_of_G]

Gettin' some air at last night's show. Not bad for a decrepit old geezer! :dude

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1011392_10151685655163879_2110997777_n.jpg

This makes a nice pairing with the "Can Spud Webb still dunk?" article I read earlier. Chalk up another victory over gravity for the old guys!

[Brian Krashpad]

Hah! How many times do you go for air time during your sets, Brian? Do you try for some height every song?


Nah, not every song, I'd be too out of breath to sing! Probably 3 or 4 times a 10-12 song set, if that. Mainly at big song kick-ins or outros.

[deeaa]

http://deeaa.pp.fi/images/old.jpg

[deeaa]

Lol actually I don't have a very recent image at the ready. I'll post this video instead that I'm working on, work in progress. Need to add vox and solos still.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNmNVBoGogw

[marnold]

Lol actually I don't have a very recent image at the ready. I'll post this video instead that I'm working on, work in progress. Need to add vox and solos still.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNmNVBoGogw

From the album "Deeaa Stares Menacingly" ;)

[hubberjub]

Eh, what the heck. I haven't been here in a while. This is from a festival last month. I haven't had a haircut in almost two years. We'll see how long my wife puts up with it.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd105/hubberjub/steel_zps1e69d31b.jpg (http://s222.photobucket.com/user/hubberjub/media/steel_zps1e69d31b.jpg.html)

[Brian Krashpad]

Dude, opening for Lady Antebellum? BIG TIME!

[hubberjub]

It was cool. We're definitely not "big time". I actually only met Charles Kelly from Lady Antebellum (a band I don't care for). Hillary was incredibly pregnant and not socializing at all. Their band was really tight and a bunch of gear heads. Of course, we played that show, then played at some dirty bar for 20 people the following night. That definitely puts your ego back in check.

[Brian Krashpad]

It was cool. We're definitely not "big time". I actually only met Charles Kelly from Lady Antebellum (a band I don't care for). Hillary was incredibly pregnant and not socializing at all. Their band was really tight and a bunch of gear heads. Of course, we played that show, then played at some dirty bar for 20 people the following night. That definitely puts your ego back in check.

Ahh, the reality of living in an age where seemingly many people mainly listen to music on a computer, and go out to clubs just to hear recordings.

I'm not a fan of Lady Antebellum either (even putting aside the cringingly bad band name choice, haha!), but still it's a resume' line!

[tjcurtin1]

Jeez, Dee - that was a scary picture!

[stingx]

http://stubble.org/junk/P7133782.jpg

[tjcurtin1]

Stingx - cool picture, but don't do that while you're driving - LOOK OUT! YOU'RE DRIFTING ACROSS THE YELLOW LINES! :poke

[sunvalleylaw]

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/Photoon7-13-13at308PM_zps069a415c.jpg


Oh, ok. Here's a better recent one.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/Photoon7-4-13at518PM2copy_zps076fc3cb.jpg

[Tig]

Nice man cave, but those pesky flies have to go! :poke

[tjcurtin1]

Steve, What happened to the fly that took that picture? I hope his camera didn't get busted...:whatever: (where is that big toothy grin smiley when you need it?)

[NWBasser]

I don't know why I looked so angry. It was a fun gig at a car show.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f156/NWBasser_photos/SNV31888_zpsfd67fb0a.jpg

[Eric]

This was part of some promo pics we tried taking recently:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dNdPTivMHvg/UeU5Jz4PpVI/AAAAAAAABEs/H4LsdspP-NU/s640/P1010002.JPG

And the actual show:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-EHSnwaB9l-I/UeU5rXJDN3I/AAAAAAAABE0/zxJHNgK1xUM/s640/P1010041.JPG

[Eric]

I don't know why I looked so angry. It was a fun gig at a car show.
That does look like fun. I wish we could play places like that -- most of our time is spent in muddy bars with dim lighting.

[NWBasser]

That does look like fun. I wish we could play places like that -- most of our time is spent in muddy bars with dim lighting.

It was fun. I'll post some pics of the McLaren F1 and the '62 Aston Martin that were in front of us.

That pic of your band playing the bar looks like a lot of fun too though.

Ideally, we'd play a lot of outdoor festivals and park concerts as those pay well and would be fun.

[hubberjub]

Ideally, we'd play a lot of outdoor festivals and park concerts as those pay well and would be fun.

I don't play to make money, but I don't know if that's necessarily always true. I typically make way more money playing at bars than I do at festivals. Maybe I just need to find better festivals.

[kidsmoke]

I don't play to make money, but I don't know if that's necessarily always true. I typically make way more money playing at bars than I do at festivals. Maybe I just need to find better festivals.

recently got paid to perform music for the first time. Sung harmonies for a CD release event. "Crumbs off the Table". It's on CD baby I think. And there's a facebook page.

from that gig...

our fearless leader Andrea....plays an Eastman semi'hollow through an Ampeg Jet.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/crumbs/Andrea_zps1e3530e1.jpg (http://s93.photobucket.com/user/tiokimo/media/crumbs/Andrea_zps1e3530e1.jpg.html)

the two other boys in the band (7 of us, 4 women 3 men)

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/crumbs/photo22_zps327103f3.jpg (http://s93.photobucket.com/user/tiokimo/media/crumbs/photo22_zps327103f3.jpg.html)

group shot... I'm the dude trying to find his note, on the right.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/crumbs/photo-6_zps99d26bb6.jpg (http://s93.photobucket.com/user/tiokimo/media/crumbs/photo-6_zps99d26bb6.jpg.html)

another gig last year...

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/Celebrity%20Hostages/6c37ac75.jpg (http://s93.photobucket.com/user/tiokimo/media/Celebrity%20Hostages/6c37ac75.jpg.html)

in the studio...that's a whole 'nother world...

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/Celebrity%20Hostages/vocal_zps2ab5d8ac.jpg (http://s93.photobucket.com/user/tiokimo/media/Celebrity%20Hostages/vocal_zps2ab5d8ac.jpg.html)

[Brian Krashpad]

Quote Originally Posted by NWBasser View Post
Ideally, we'd play a lot of outdoor festivals and park concerts as those pay well and would be fun.


I don't play to make money, but I don't know if that's necessarily always true. I typically make way more money playing at bars than I do at festivals. Maybe I just need to find better festivals.

Yeah, we've played a bunch of outdoor gigs, but ours have tended to be freebies more than our bar gigs (we've done a Labor Day Fest downtown, a get-out-the-vote downtown, a big private outdoor post-Halloween gig out on a private property, and the church band has done a few freebies downtown with a bunch of other church bands).

Our bar gigs are one set of originals on a three or 4 band bill, so we don't really make anything that way either. Enough to make up some stickers for the next show, haha. Oh, and the place we play most often, we get a $20 or so band tab.

[deeaa]

I have played many dozens of paying gigs but only maybe 5-6 where we actually made something after gas and everything...especially after-gig beers etc :-) well those we often got on the house pretty well. But still. Recently, I've done session gigs some, maybe two dozen songs, and gotten paid 50 euros per song I sing, so I've probably made much more actual profit recording vocals for other bands than from performing on stage. It has been great in that I have been able to buy/pay for some stuff in my studio. Hell I guess I paid for the entire studio build already with those session tracks :-)

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[hubberjub]

I hear you, Deeaa. For me the smaller gigs pay more. The picture I posted above was from a festival with Blackberry Smoke, Willie Nelson, Lady Antebellum, and a ton of other modern country bands. We got to play the main stage to probably ~5000 people, but didn't get a dime for it. They considered exposure a form of payment. Next time, I'll expose something to them.

[NWBasser]

I don't play to make money, but I don't know if that's necessarily always true. I typically make way more money playing at bars than I do at festivals. Maybe I just need to find better festivals.

Well, I very much prefer to play for some money since I drive a 4x4 truck that eats loads of gas. The "festivals" that I'm referring to are things like the Bite of Seattle food festival and other similar events which pay fairly well. Playing a large music festival as a small band probably wouldn't pay much, if anything. Unfortunately, since we play instrumental jazz and pop, the bar market isn't so good for a band like ours.

[Glacies]

I'm the bald guy:

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/glacies_photos/457767_3513992182946_1666193202_2803461_2083856617 _o.jpg

[Brian Krashpad]

Here's a pic from last year that I was unaware had been taken. It was taken by a UF photography student at a big outdoor show. I just recently discovered it on the internet:

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/996620_10151904738783879_98136893_n.jpg